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Re: BPQ32 on HF

John, Thank you that will be useful info to pass on :) 73 Sholto K7TMG PS. Hi Jerry, didn t know u used BPQ or I would have pestered you first!

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, Nov 29, 2010

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John,

Thank you that will be useful info to pass on :)

73

Sholto
K7TMG

PS. Hi Jerry, didn't know u used BPQ or I would have pestered you first!

--- In BPQ32@yahoogroups.com, "John Wiseman" <john.wiseman@...> wrote:
>
> Sholto,
>
> Setting QUALITY=0 on the PORT definition of the HF port will prevent any
> NETROM activity on the port.
>
> 73,
> John G8BPQ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BPQ32@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BPQ32@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> sholtofish
> Sent: 29 November 2010 20:58
> To: BPQ32@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BPQ32] BPQ32 on HF
>
>
>
>
> Hello to all,
>
> I am part of the HF packet network "Network 105" and traditionally we
> have used AEA and Kantronics TNCs mainly operating in AEA-Gateway and
> KA-Node modes. There are some newer Kantronics operating in K-NET
> (netrom compatible) and a few NOS nodes too.
>
> We have also recently got a couple of new nodes with guys using BPQ32.
> One I believe is using AGWPE/Sound Card and the other is AGWPE/SCS
> Tracker DSP.
>
> Now, NETROM is not terribly useful on HF. In fact it can be
> counterproductive. Very rarely will "it take you all the way there"
> because of changing conditions.
>
> My preference for new nodes would be more like KA or AEA nodes,
> basically ones that don't do node<>node broadcasts or at least the
> minimum of info transfer.
>
> What would be the best way to tame some of this node<>node traffic on
> HF? Could the NODESINTERVAL be set to zero to disable the node broadcast
> for instance?
>
> I don't use BPQ32 here so can't easily test.
>
> Anyone is welcome to try our network by the way - the parameters we use
> are:-
>
> HBAUD=300
> PACLEN=60
> MAXFRAME=1
> FRACK=5
> DWAIT=0
>
> The frequency is:-
> MARK: 14103.4
> SPACE: 14103.2
>
> SSID convention:
>
> Absent: QSO/Keyboarding
> -1: Personal maildrop
> -2: Kantronics digipeating "gateway"
> -7: Node. Any type.
>
> Node aliases are assigned for stations taking up permanent or
> semi-permanent residence.
>
> We don't allow APRS traffic, binary transfers or mail reverse
> forwarding. It is primarily a network for ragchewing and personal mail.
>
> 73
>
> Sholto
> K7TMG
>

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